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Patricia and Robert’s goal in 1997, and still to this day is to continue to strengthen the bridge between allopathic medicine and Reiki. Their objective has been to instruct healthcare professionals as well as lay people in the art and science of Reiki that can be used as a stand alone practice or as a compliment to allopathic medicine. They began to fulfill their objective in 1998 when they were asked to teach a Reiki Level I class through University of New Mexico’s Nursing and Allied Health Professional Development Program. The class provided licensed healthcare professional with required continuing education units. During that first class Patricia and Robert saw the broad and growing interest in the study of Reiki. In attendance were nurses, an oncologist and a psychologist. The classes were carefully taught as a science with the art simply woven throughout. Patricia and Robert were trained in the traditional method of Usui Shiki Ryoho. Even though their students are given all they need in Reiki Level I that is necessary to treat the self and others, many desired to know more of the art and advanced methodology and progressed with them through Reiki Level II and some to the Master Level. Patricia and Robert recognized the diversity of their students were growing as some were clerics, a doctor of oriental medicine, massage therapists, hospice volunteers, social workers, a doctor of veterinary medicine, a mortgage lender, a dental hygienist, homemakers and many others. Patricia and Robert wanted to create a more comfortable environment away from the traditional classroom for their students to learn all three Reiki levels and Kurama Institute of Natural Healing was founded in 1999.

Robert’s interest in cancer research and working with cancer survivors has been a personal interest of his for years since his own father’s passing from stomach cancer in 1977. Robert and Patricia joined an Albuquerque volunteer grassroots community group called, Reaching out with Reiki (ROWR) for cancer survivors, founded by Kathy Araki. ROWR is a project generated by a community of Reiki practitioners who are taking a stand to introduce the beneficial effects of Reiki energy to communities of people.

Robert and Patricia’s other goal has been to continue the work of Mrs. Takata, the founding mother of what we know today as Reiki of the Western world. Mrs. Takata was called in by many of her rural and far away patients in Hawaii to perform Reiki. She trained many of the family members in Reiki to continue aiding in their loved ones’ recovery after one of her extensive Reiki treatments was finished and had to travel miles and miles to get back to her home and clinic. Robert and Patricia have extended their teachings to include family training. They believe the family member will have a much greater opportunity to heal, to feel loved and supported, and more relaxed with the touch of Reiki also known as universal life force energy or unconditional love from their loved one(s).

Patricia and Robert are public speakers and educators for healthcare organizations.

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